Senate briefed about the flood affectees The Senate Standing Committee on Weather Changes has been informed that 30 million people are feared to be affected from impending flood and rains. 1.46 million people would have to be shifted in camps in case of emergency. The Senate committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senator Sadia […]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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Vowing to safeguard the superior judiciary, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Friday said his party will not allow the government to violate the Constitution and mock rulings of the Supreme Court. Speaking to a delegation from Sindh, the former two-time premier observed, “We will not tolerate conspiracies hatched against the judiciary. The […]
Jul 21 2012 | Posted in
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Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik on Friday submitted nomination papers for the technocrat seat in the Senate, the Upper House of Parliament. He submitted his papers with the provincial election commission in Karachi. Earlier, Malik had tendered his resignation from the Senate seat on July 10, but the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has said that parliament had every right to legislate laws and will continue to do so in the future, breaking the silence on a number of issues that have cropped up between the judiciary and the government. Apparently it was a retort to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who termed the […]
Karachi: (Thursday, July 19, 2012) As the general elections approaches, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and the Sindh United Party (SUP) announce to form electoral alliance. The decision regarding forming the electoral alliance was taken today as PML-N chief Nawaz Shairf visited SUP chief Jalal Mahmood Shah here today. In this regards, an agreement […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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Without any doubt, the latest announcement made by the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to invite Pakistani team for a bilateral series at the end of this year is quite a welcoming gesture. Although it still needs the approval of both the governments, this will be the first such tour in last five […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has announced that his party would take all parties on board including those which are not holding seats in parliament for an interim setup. The former two-time prime minister of the country while speaking to the media said that new constitutional amendments imply that all political parties should […]
Karachi: (Tuesday, July 10, 2012) The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has informed president Zardari here in a meeting that according to the weather forecasts for Sindh, there was no flood prediction this year. Sharing the details, the PMD officials said that there were no ‘unusual’ expectations for rains this year. The president, however, said that […]
Jul 11 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Tuesday, July 10, 2012) The Sindh government has posted Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari, the former Director General of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and an officer of BPS 21, as the new Inspector General of Police, Sindh. Leghari has replaced the outgoing officer Mushtaq Ahmed Shah, who is retiring from the service. Leghari, who holds a […]
Jul 10 2012 | Posted in
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By attacking an office of a private TV channel, the Taliban have given a shut-up call to media which is being criticized wide and large in the present scenario. However, it raises many fears when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) openly claimed the responsibility of the attack. Although the nature of the attack was not much devastating […]
In his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf vowed to resolve the energy crisis at the earliest. He issued a number of directives but those will only palliate the current crisis, not completely end it. An MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) proposed a significant step to the […]
Chief of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Mehmood Khan Achakzai has stressed for a new social contract between major national stakeholders. Addressing a public gathering, he said that this was quite imperative, in view of constant threatening global gestures that rulers, politicians, armed forces and intelligence agencies of the country should evolve such a social […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
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